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Catharine Tunney

Liberal members will vote today on whether they'd like to see age restrictions for social media

PM Carney has said an age of majority for social media is under discussion. Liberal members will decide today whether they think the government should restrict young Canadians' access to social media platforms and artificial intelligence chatbots, as the national convention winds down in Montreal. Liberal grassroots will vote on 24 policy pitches Saturday, ranging from health-care system improvements to...

Stephanie Levitz

Liberals wonder: what does their newest MP say about their party?

As Prime Minister Mark Carney made the rounds on day two of his party’s Montreal convention, two types of Liberals kept trying to shake his hand. One, the lifetime Liberals, who’ve known every party leader for decades. The other, young Liberals, whose introduction to the party was through former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s progressive values.

Catharine Tunney

Poilievre calls foul, but celebrating Liberals don't seem to care how they reach a majority

Gladu's social conservatism shrugged off at Liberal convention. High-spirited Liberals gathering at their national convention in downtown Montreal don't seem bothered by how they cobble together a majority government, as long as they find stability. Some 4,500 party members have gathered to talk policy and build momentum ahead of Monday's three byelections that are all but guaranteed to get the...

Peter Mansbridge, Keith Boag, Bruce Anderson

Good Talk -- Stick A Fork in Him, He's Done - Or Is He?

This has to be the worst of times for Donald Trump -- nothing is going right, and the US President looks increasingly unhinged on a daily basis. Even some of his base are abandoning him. With Chantal away, former Washington correspondent Keith Boag joins Bruce for some serious Trump talk. Plus, another Conservative crosses the floor, making a Liberal majority...

Carney says next governor general will 'absolutely' speak French and English

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's next governor general will speak both French and English. In an interview with Radio-Canada, Carney answered "absolutely" when asked by radio host Patrick Masbourian whether he would commit to naming a candidate who speaks both of the country's official languages. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon speaks English and Inuktitut but has failed to become fluent...

Polls

Bruce Anderson

Most Canadians prefer a NATO without the US, to a NATO that bows to Trump's demands.

Formed in 1949, in the wake of a world war which cost tens of millions of lives, 12 countries signed the NATO charter in Washington, D.C. The aims were to deter Soviet expansionism, to prevent the rise of nationalistic militarism in Europe, and to promote European integration. A lot has changed, in Trump’s America.

Nik Nanos

Most Canadians believe oil price increases will have a negative impact on the Canadian economy

Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1099 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between March 31 to April 4, 2026 as part of an omnibus survey. The sample included both land- and cell-lines across Canada. The results were statistically checked and weighted by age and gender using the latest...

Opinion

Krista Scaldwell

Canada’s Patchwork of Recycling Systems Is Driving Up Costs for Everyone

Aaron Wherry

For a party once thought endangered, the Liberals are enjoying a surprising afterlife

Supporters of the Liberal Party of Canada had much to celebrate in Montreal this weekend. For one thing, the party is on the verge of commanding another majority in the House of Commons. Sixteen months ago that seemed implausible, bordering on inconceivable. For another, it continues to exist as a significant presence in Canadian politics. Fifteen years ago that seemed...

News

Benjamin Lopez Steven, Jennifer Chevalier, Theo van Beusekom

Is Canada's 'Netflix tax' worth the hassle it's getting from the U.S.?

Online Streaming Act requires large streamers contribute to Canadian media funds. When she was growing up in Australia, Carla de Jong remembers watching the iconic Canadian TV show Degrassi — which at the time was airing on Australia's public broadcaster. "I love the example of Degrassi, which is a wonderful Canadian series…. And it showed me as an Australian teenager...

Steven Chase, Pippa Norman

Ottawa gives South Korean, German submarine builders opportunity to revise bids

The Canadian government has given the two submarine builders vying for a massive defence contract an opportunity to revise their filed bids – a move that also provides the companies an opportunity to enrich the industrial benefits they would provide to Canada. Both South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean and Germany’s TKMS already submitted their bids weeks ago to meet an early...

Politician's Pen

Pragmeet Sarkaria

Ontario transportation minister: This is why we are taking over Billy Bishop

There has been a lot of debate in recent weeks about the province’s decision to take over the City of Toronto’s role in the agreement governing Billy Bishop Airport and to acquire the city-owned lands at the airport. Some have asked why the province would take such a step. The answer is that Billy Bishop is a critical piece of...

Steven Del Duca

As mayor of Vaughan, I’m urging Mark Carney to meet our Jewish community

I have an urgent request for Prime Minister Mark Carney: please come to Vaughan, Ont., to meet with our Jewish community. As Vaughan’s mayor, I want you to know that Jews here feel angry, scared, defiant, tired, shocked and beleaguered. Who can blame them? I’ve lived my entire life in this country, but I have never before witnessed the shocking...

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Althia Raj

Mark Carney’s grip on the Liberal party is on full display in Montreal

Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to follow in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s footsteps and strip the ability of his party’s members across the country to weigh-in on his leadership should he fail to win the next election. It’s the latest demonstration of Carney’s grip on the Liberal party, which was on full display Friday during the Grits’ national convention in...

Political Pulse Panel

Political Pulse: How will Marilyn Gladu fit into the Liberal caucus?

As Prime Minister Mark Carney accepts a fifth floor-crosser into the Liberal caucus from across the political spectrum, how big is too big of a tent? The Political Panel weighs in on how floor-crossers are shaking up the dynamics on Parliament Hill.

Don Newman

If this Keeps Up, Carney Could be Headed for a National Unity Government

Politicians who worry that the newest Conservative convert to Mark Carney’s Liberals will hold right-wing policy views that are incompatible with the government’s social policy positions have not yet recognized what’s going on. They rightly perceive that Sarnia Member of Parliament Marilyn Gladu has held views on abortion, same-sex marriage, vaccination mandates and other policies that are counter to what...

Sandy White

Unhappy Conservatives shouldn’t defect to Carney’s Liberals — they should replace Poilievre

It’s like déjà vu all over again. Yet another Conservative MP, uncomfortable with the direction of the party or doubtful about its electoral prospects, has decamped to the Liberals. The fourth floor crossing from the CPC in six months — with more MPs reportedly considering the move.

Andrew Phillips

Carney has no apologies to make for winning over yet another MP. Even Marilyn Gladu

It seems there’s a cross-party freakout over the fact that Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu has crossed the floor of the Commons to join the Carney caucus. Conservatives are outraged that Gladu would turn her back on the party under whose banner she was elected no fewer than four times.

Colby Cosh

Gladu's betrayal invites a revolt beyond the ballot box

With a speed that lightning metaphors would insult, your National Post’s comment section has already published a couple of items about Wednesday’s shock defection to the Liberals of Sarnia MP Marilyn Gladu, who had been re-elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative less than a year ago. These pieces establish that Gladu was one of the most radical...

Éric Blais

Marilyn Gladu’s floor-crossing reveals more about Poilievre than his podcast interviews

A podcast can show you a side of someone but a floor-crossing tells you something deeper about the mood inside a caucus. When Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre sat down with Joe Rogan for a long, wide-ranging interview, even critics had to admit he came across differently. The usual edge wasn’t there. No constant jabs at Prime Minister Mark Carney, even...

Max Fawcett

Mark Carney will get his majority. Now what?

After 12 months, five floor crossings and one Liberal convention this weekend in Montreal, Mark Carney is going to get his majority government. If the Liberals win the three byelections scheduled for next week, and they should, they’ll have 174 seats, enough to pass legislation without relying on the Speaker of the House of Commons or support from another party...

Ryan Peterson

Build faster than the Gulf can rebuild

Paul Wells

Gladu could make it - What we can learn from a match made in Carneyland

By now, interested readers will be able to find all sorts of reminders that, before she crossed the figurative floor to the Liberals on Wednesday, Marilyn Gladu had a reputation in Ottawa as an eccentric at best, and a loose cannon at worst. Her Wikipedia entry features expressions like “hydroxychloroquine” and “conversion therapy.” Scanning reactions to the Sarnia MP’s defection...

Fred Delorey

Carney risks creating a Frankenstein caucus

My jaw is on the floor. Marilyn Gladu just crossed the aisle to the Liberals, and I am struggling to find the structural logic in a move this cold. As a veteran strategist and former National Campaign Manager, I’ve been involved with backroom politics for so long it’s fair to say the majority of my adult life has been lived...

Althia Raj

Mark Carney’s latest floor crosser tests more than the size of the Liberal tent

With one warm floor-crossing welcome, Prime Minister Mark Carney challenged Wednesday what it means to be a Liberal, gave his primary opponent a big wake-up call, and planted the seeds for simmering caucus discontent. A day before Liberals gather in Montreal for their biennial convention — Carney’s first as leader — the prime minister embraced four-term Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong Conservative MP Marilyn...

Don Braid

Another Conservative MP crosses; Liberals will have their majority Monday

Sarnia Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu backed the trucker blockade in Ottawa, along with a bill that would force floor-crossers to quit and run again. On Wednesday, however, she crossed the floor to become a newly-minted Liberal for Prime Minister Mark Carney — the fifth of her kind. There’s no quit in this politician. A less obvious Liberal than Gladu you...

Aaron Wherry

Carney’s Liberals are attracting support from unlikely places

During his brief and ill-fated time as leader of the Liberal Party, Michael Ignatieff invited Canadians to join him inside the "big red tent." This appeal obviously did not work out for Ignatieff. But perhaps he was merely ahead of his time. Fifteen years after Ignatieff's time as Liberal leader came to a sudden end, Mark Carney is exploring just...

John Ivison

Carney’s floor-crosser power play is playing with explosives

The news that Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu is crossing the floor to join the Liberal caucus, effectively guaranteeing Prime Minister Mark Carney a parliamentary majority, has not been hailed universally by her constituents. “She thinks she knows better than her voters?” said one resident of Sarnia–Lambton–Bkejwanong on social media. “What is the flipping point? You wonder why people get radicalized...

Lori Turnbull

Mark Carney’s Most Unlikely Defector

Of all the floor-crossers who’ve inched Prime Minister Mark Carney closer to a majority in the past six months, Marilyn Gladu won the award Wednesday for generating the most spit-takes. Just in time to attend the Liberal Party National Convention in Montreal this weekend, Gladu — a very Conservative member of Parliament since 2015 — announced that she had defected...

Brad Wall

We know bad floor crossings when we see them

It was during the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio on hardcore pornographers that Justice Potter Stewart famously offered as a threshold test for obscenity: “I know it when I see it.”

Robyn Urback

Besides winning, what does a Liberal Party that will accept Marilyn Gladu actually stand for?

“The whole point of being an MP is to represent your constituents,” a Conservative MP told a local Ontario newspaper back in January, when she backed a call for automatic by-elections following an MP’s defection. “So if they’re voting you in under one platform,” she continued, “for you to switch for whatever reasons, just seems to me to not be...

Althia Raj

The future of the Senate’s decade-old experience with independence hangs in the balance

Down the street from the House of Commons, a parliamentary crisis unfolds. This drama doesn’t involve misconduct; the fate of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government doesn’t hang in the balance. Most visibly, it’s a clash between senators who believe their duty is to act — to fully study government legislation and recommend changes — and others who believe they shouldn’t...

Andrew Coyne

Meet the new Senate, same as the old Senate

Almost since its inception, the Senate of Canada has been the subject of proposals for reform. Now there are the first faint stirrings of a new movement: Senate unreform. Ten years after Justin Trudeau introduced his “merit-based, non-partisan” process for appointing senators there are whispers that the whole thing might be about to be called off. The Globe and Mail...

John Ivison

Trump’s chief trade rep signals CUSMA is worth keeping

Jamieson Greer stands like Mount Olympus above the intellectual molehills of his cabinet-level colleagues, to such an extent that one worries for his welfare in the Trump administration. The U.S. Trade Representative spoke at the Hudson Institute think tank on Tuesday, and such was his coherence it was almost possible to set aside that his boss had just threatened to...

Robin V. Sears

Canadians’ trust has been shattered. Here is how it can be rebuilt

One voter expectation trumps all others today: trust. You can be charismatic, intelligent, a good orator and attractive, but if voters don’t feel confident that you are worthy of their trust, go home.

Lisa Van Dusen

Donald Trump is Not a Failed President

As the world absorbed this morning the good news that Persian civilization has not been obliterated per an apparent nuclear threat issued by an American president to end an avoidable war he started, the question remains of “What just happened?”. In superficial terms, what just happened was an unjustified war in the Middle East launched by an American president acting...

Paul Wells

Why Pierre Poilievre Suddenly Won’t Stop Talking

The dam has burst. Rigid messaging is ending. Long live the give-and-take of conversation. SUDDENLY, OUR POLITICS is all about the written and spoken word. Not so long ago, we had a prime minister who did his best to hide for weeks and an opposition leader who refused to take reporters with him on a national campaign. Now, the newish...

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Jack Farrell, Jack Farrell

Judge orders temporary pause on Alberta separation referendum petition process

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA -- An Alberta judge has put up a roadblock on a petition drive to force a vote on the province quitting Canada.

Kyle Duggan

Liberals set to debate age restrictions for social media

MONTREAL -- Liberal party members will soon grapple with the question of whether children and young teens should be barred from accessing social media accounts for platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Reddit and YouTube.

Annie Bergeron-Oliver

Delegates express mixed feelings towards floor-crossers at Liberal policy convention

The Liberals’ newest MPs were given a standing ovation as they each took to the stage at their party’s policy convention, but in the hallways some delegates quietly wondered whether the liberal umbrella is getting too big. Former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu was the first to address delegates. In her opening remarks Thursday, the Sarnia MP said the prime minister...

Catherine Morrison

What securing a majority would mean for Mark Carney's Liberal government

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is on the verge of securing a majority government ahead of three byelections next week. Here's what a majority government would mean for him and for Canada. What is a majority government? A majority government is formed when a political party has more than half of the seats in the House of Commons. Currently...

Erik Hertzberg, Christine Dobby

Bank of Canada, major lenders meet on Anthropic AI cyber risk

The Bank of Canada and the country’s major banks and financial firms met Friday to discuss cybersecurity risks raised by Anthropic PBC’s latest artificial intelligence model.

David Baxter

Davies to act as NDP parliamentary lead after Lewis announces critic roles

Former interim NDP leader Don Davies will continue to act as the party's parliamentary leader in the House of Commons while new leader Avi Lewis remains outside of Parliament. The House of Commons resumes sitting Monday for the first time since Lewis won the NDP leadership on March 29 and he announced the new critic roles for his caucus in...

Kyle Duggan

Progressive Liberals welcome Gladu and other Conservative floor crossers

High-profile progressive Liberal MPs attending the party's national convention in Montreal on Friday welcomed and defended former Conservatives who have crossed the floor to their caucus. Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault said while he and many of his colleagues were "surprised" when MP Marilyn Gladu quit the Conservatives to join his party, he's confident she stands by his party's values...

Murray Brewster

Saab dangles sovereign data centre in Montreal to undercut F-35 fighter contract

Swedish firm pitches centre as means to keep mission-critical data out of U.S. hands. As part of its pitch to lure Canada to buy Gripen-E fighter jets, Saab has offered to establish a secure, sovereign data centre in Montreal to house critical, top-secret mission data and intelligence, CBC News has learned. The company is framing it as a "unique advantage"...

Zi-Ann Lum

Mark Carney Is on the Verge of a Big Election Win

Danielle Martin was going door to door meeting voters when a woman, newly released from the hospital, really wanted to show off her stitches. “I said, ‘I’m really sorry, but I don’t feel like that would be appropriate,’” Martin, a high-profile family doctor-turned-Liberal candidate, recalled with a laugh. “I’m not sure my insurance covers that.”

The Canadian Press

PM Mark Carney visits Canadiens' dressing room after win against Lightning

Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the Montreal Canadiens dressing room after the team's 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in a thrilling game Thursday night. Carney was in Montreal for a Liberal party convention running through Saturday, attending the game following a day of media appearances and speeches across the city. He met with Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki, forwards...

Kyle Duggan

Gladu says crossing floor to Liberals was 'best thing' for her riding, herself

Marilyn Gladu crossed the floor from the Conservative caucus to join the Liberals because it was the "best thing" for her riding, the country and herself, the Sarnia MP said Thursday night in Montreal. Gladu stole the opening show at the Liberal national convention after she stunned political circles across the country by unexpectedly crossing the floor from the Tories...

Bruce Anderson

Most Canadians prefer a NATO without the US, to a NATO that bows to Trump's demands.

Kyle Duggan

Liberals meet for second day of confab in Montreal

Liberals are meeting in high spirits on the second day of their national party convention in Montreal -- just days before the party is expected to clinch a majority government. On Monday, a series of byelections are expected to grant the Liberals a majority mandate without having to call a general election, even if they don't win them all. Prime...

Stuart Benson, Marlo Glass, Riddhi Kachhela, Abbas Rana

‘We’re an open party’: Liberals kick off Montreal convention praising floor crossers and eyeing a majority

Liberal MPs gathering among 4,000-plus party faithful in Montreal say they are “energized” after the latest floor crossing to their “big tent” puts them in majority territory—and a far cry from the pre-2025 election days when Liberals were “headed to nowhere.” Greeted by a clamouring, cheering group of volunteers and conventiongoers in the upper level of the Palais de congrès...

Jim Bronskill

Internal memo flags the promise and pitfalls of expanding CSIS's foreign spy role

OTTAWA -- An internal Canadian Security Intelligence Service memo says allowing the spy agency to collect foreign intelligence overseas would capitalize on its "existing footprint and expertise," but might also invite a host of problems.

Raffy Boudjikanian

Immigration Department informing some 30,000 applicants they may be ineligible for refugee hearings

XEmailRedditLinkedIn Canada's Immigration Department is sending tens of thousands of refugee claimants letters that they may not be eligible for asylum — and is telling some of them that they should leave immediately. The move comes after Ottawa passed a law last month that tightened how and when claimants can apply. "These are not deportation letters," Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship...

Craig Lord

Canada condemns Israel for Lebanon strikes, calls on Hezbollah to disarm

Canada is condemning Israel for striking Lebanon hours after an apparent ceasefire was struck in the Middle East conflict and is calling on Hezbollah to disarm in favour of diplomatic solutions. Despite an 11th-hour ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Israel attacked Beirut on Wednesday in a renewed effort to strike at the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group...

Kyle Duggan

Liberal brass welcome Gladu with 'open arms' into their 'big tent' party

In a scene carefully orchestrated for TV cameras, Prime Minister Mark Carney and an entourage of cabinet ministers walked recent Liberal convert Marilyn Gladu through throngs of party members lined up for selfies and handshakes Thursday in Montreal. Little more than a year ago, in the waning days of Justin Trudeau's leadership, Liberals were gloomily contemplating almost certain electoral defeat...

Annie Bergeron-Oliver

Liberals chase majority government as Bloc attempt return to Parliament in Terrebonne

Less than an hour outside downtown Montreal, election signs with the faces of Bloc and Liberal candidates running in Terrebonne are displayed everywhere, including on lawns, storefronts and even lamp posts. The Liberals are throwing everything they can behind the traditional Bloc riding they won by a single vote in the 2025 federal election. That decision was ultimately overturned by...

Sarah Ritchie, Catherine Morrison

Poilievre fires back at questions about his leadership after fourth floor crossing

Pierre Poilievre was defiant on Thursday in the face of questions about his leadership of the Conservative party after a fourth member of his caucus defected to the Liberals this week. He reminded reporters that a "record-smashing 8.3 million Canadians" voted Conservative last year. "Our mandate, and my leadership, does not come from dirty backroom deals. It comes from the...

Darren Major

'Throw them out' of Parliament: Poilievre in favour of recall petition for floor-crossers - Liberal sources say party is speaking with 9 more opposition MPs about joining caucus

After losing another of his MPs to the Liberals, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he personally supports recall petitions — a way for constituents to remove a representative if they garner enough local support. "When a member of Parliament goes back on the word they made to their constituents and switches parties, constituents should be able to petition to throw...

Sean Boynton

NATO chief says he understands Trump’s ‘disappointment’ with allies on Iran

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday he understands U.S. President Donald Trump’s “disappointment” in the alliance for not immediately helping him with his war with Iran, but also backed Trump’s decision to not inform allies ahead of time. Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington a day after meeting with Trump privately to discuss the president’s criticisms, Rutte expressed...

Steven Chase

Canada seeking observer role in sixth generation fighter project

Canada is talking to Britain, Japan and Italy about obtaining observer status in their joint program to develop a next-generation fighter aircraft. Ottawa is sending letters to all three countries formally requesting this, a senior Canadian government official said. The Globe is not identifying the source because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Raffy Boudjikanian

Canada pushing for Lebanon inclusion into ceasefire deal: source

Prime minister has said deal must include end of hostilities in Lebanon. Ottawa is pushing for Lebanon to be part of the ceasefire deal between the Trump administration and Iran and for its inclusion to be honoured by Israel, a senior Liberal source told CBC News. Canada is one of "many countries trying to push for Lebanon," said the source...

Rachel Aiello

PM Carney says talked to Gladu about social issues, says she ‘will vote with the government’

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke to longtime Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu before she crossed the floor to join the Liberals about her previous positions on social issues, and he’s been reassured that she “will vote with the government.” “To be clear, the Liberal Party always will support the rights of women to choose, always without question. And I...

Sarah Ritchie, Catherine Morrison

Fourth floor-crossing weakens Poilievre's leadership, former Harper staffer says

A former top aide to Stephen Harper says Marilyn Gladu's decision to leave the Conservative party for the Liberals is raising questions about Pierre Poilievre's leadership. "I think this floor crosser, more than the previous ones, weakens his leadership," said Dimitri Soudas, who was former prime minister Stephen Harper's director of communications. "Not just because of the fact that it's...

Spencer Van Dyk

Plenty of ‘unhappy people’ in Conservative caucus: floor-crossing MP d’Entremont

Liberal MP Chris d’Entremont, who crossed the floor from the Conservatives in November, says current Conservative MPs have “absolutely” asked him what it’s like being a Liberal. “They want to know what the caucus structure is, what we talk about, what kind of input that we have in decision making,” d’Entremont told host Mike Le Couteur in an interview on...

Erik Hertzberg

Canadians Back Gas Tax Cuts as Top Response to Oil Price Spike, Poll Finds

Canadians rank cutting fuel taxes as the No. 1 action Prime Minister Mark Carney should take to offset higher gasoline prices. Nearly 39% of respondents listed a reduction in fuel-related taxes as their preferred course of action from the federal government, according to a Nanos Research Group survey for Bloomberg News. Increasing “investment in long-term energy alternatives” was the second...

Matthew Black

Alberta UCP not making early gas tax cut as Poilievre appeals for federal fuel break

The Alberta government reiterated Wednesday that it will not be removing its provincial gas tax before Canada Day at the soonest, as federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on the federal government to suspend its own levies drivers pay at the pump. Poilievre made the appeal via an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney published Tuesday afternoon on social...

Catharine Tunney

Liberals descend on Montreal for convention on the cusp of a majority government

Liberals are gathering in Montreal for the next few days, buzzing on a fifth floor-crossing and with a sought-after majority government in sight. While the official agenda is dotted with panels, speakers, policy discussions and campaign training, the three byelections set for Monday are expected to dominate conversations at the three-day event. The party is hoping those races will not...

US Poli

Tran Nguyen And Michael R. Blood, The Associated Press

Allies yank support for Swalwell's California governor run after sexual assault allegations

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- In a stunning political reversal, prominent supporters of Rep. Eric Swalwell's campaign for California governor withdrew their support Friday after the congressmember denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice, including when she worked for him.

Matt Brown And Steve Peoples, The Associated Press

'I am thinking about it,' Kamala Harris says of 2028 presidential bid

NEW YORK (AP) -- After chants of "run again!" filled the room, former Vice President Kamala Harris told African American activists on Friday that she's actively considering another presidential bid.

Steven Sloan, Steve Peoples And Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press

Trump's tenuous Iran exit plan isn't healing Republican rifts exposed by the war

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's search for an off-ramp from the war with Iran is getting bumpy inside his Republican Party.

Bill Barrow, The Associated Press

A president and a pope: The world's most influential Americans are at odds over Iran

Donald Trump is accustomed to criticism from coast to coast -- Democrats, disaffected Republicans, late-night comedians, massive protests. Yet in his second presidency, Trump's most influential American critic doesn't live in the country but at the Vatican.

International

Craig Lord

Canada condemns Israel for Lebanon strikes, calls on Hezbollah to disarm

Raffy Boudjikanian

Canada pushing for Lebanon inclusion into ceasefire deal: source

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon, threatening ceasefire

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again Wednesday in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, casting doubt over whether an already precarious ceasefire to end more than a month of war will hold. The United States and Iran both claimed victory after reaching the agreement, and world leaders expressed relief, even as more drones and...

The Canadian Press

Carney, European leaders welcome reported Iran-U.S. ceasefire in joint statement

Prime Minister Mark Carney and nine European leaders issued a joint statement Wednesday saying they welcome the reported two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran. The deal was announced Tuesday evening after President Donald Trump threatened that "a whole civilization" would "die" if a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz -- a crucial shipping lane -- was not...

U.S., Israel and Iran agree to a 2-week ceasefire though some attacks continue

Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an 11th-hour deal that allowed U.S. President Donald Trump to pull back from his threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization. Hours after the announcement, Iran and Gulf Arab countries reported new attacks Wednesday. It was not clear if the sporadic attacks would be enough...

Think Tank

Kaush Arha, Christopher Coates, Peter Harrell

Canada’s moment to lead the Free North: Kaush Arha, Christopher Coates, and Peter Harrell

Canada occupies a pivotal position as like-minded nations converge around shared Arctic interests. The Arctic Ocean’s growing accessibility is linking northern waters with the Baltic and the Sea of Japan. A resolute NATO “blue wall” now stretches from Finland to Alaska, with close partner Japan at the far end. Together, these circumpolar democracies form the “Free North,” extending the principles...

Dr. Xiaowen Zhang, Dr. Weisu Yu

Canada–China Trade in 2025: Structural Shifts and Emerging Dynamics

This report provides a detailed assessment of Canada's bilateral merchandise trade with China for 2025 — a year defined by structural shifts in export composition from agriculture toward energy and minerals, sharply bifurcated import outcomes as tariff-targeted goods contracted while industrial inputs proved resilient, and persistent geographic concentration and uneven regional distribution. Situating bilateral flows within Canada's broader trade performance...

Dan Ciuriak

Negotiating CUSMA on a Dog Day Afternoon

ICYMI, things aren’t going so good for The Donald. In the “you broke it, you bought it” department, he’s trying to offload a property (the Iran War), bought on spec and not living up to promise, onto a new set of investors (specifically naming China, France, Japan, and South Korea). Turns out they aren’t all that interested in the property...

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Dean Beeby

Complaining about access-to-info complaints

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office wants to bust up a monopoly. I think I’m the target. Let me explain. The Privy Council Office (PCO), home of the prime minister and cabinet, has been flooded with complaints about its failures to comply with the Access to Information Act.

Steven Staples

Canada takes a big step toward troops in Iran war

Canadian troops may be only days away from deploying to the Middle East to aid the U.S.’s and Israel’s war on Iran. The latest indication is a joint statement expressing concern about Iran’s restriction of oil tankers through the narrow Strait of Hormuz signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and NATO allies late in the week.

Dean Beeby

CRA's popular tax-amnesty program

Canadians who have neglected to pay their taxes to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) have been coming forward in droves to take advantage of new amnesty rules.

Podcasts

How the Liberals won over a floor crosser

He's done it again: Prime Minister Mark Carney has convinced yet another Conservative to join his Liberal government. This time, it's Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong MP Marilyn Gladu, who previously said she was "personally pro-life" and opposed a Liberal bill to ban conversion therapy. She's now recanting those positions as Carney insists Liberal values are unchanged. How does it work when the Liberals...

Good Talk -- Stick A Fork in Him, He's Done - Or Is He?

‘Constituents don’t matter, and that’s a problem’: Alex Marland weighs in on floor crossing, and more.

Peter Mazereeuw talks with political science professor Alex Marland about MPs crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party, the fate of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and Liberal Party indifference to Mark Carney's small-c conservative policies. Marland holds the Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership at Acadia University, and has written books about party discipline and loyalty in Canadian...

Carney's expanding Liberal tent

At Issue this week: As former Conservative MP Marliyn Gladu's move to the Liberals further widens the views within caucus, could it impact upcoming byelections? What does another defection mean for Pierre Poilievre’s leadership? And, will Mark Carney address concerns around the independence of Senators?